Congratulations to Jim Christy, whose book Marimba Forever made the shortlist for The ReLit Award for Poetry! The annual awards celebrate poetry, short stories and novels published by Canadian literary presses. You can check out the rest of the shortlists at The ReLit Awards site but you’ll have to stay tuned to discover the winners, which will be announced in October.

Marimba Forever explored love and longing through the eyes of musicians, gypsies and a roadhouse honky-tonk hell-raiser. It was published in 2010. Watch Jim read from the collection here.